Germany's warmest region - this is a label that people like to use here, even if it is not official that the Kaiserstuhl actually deserves this title. Heidelberg has already fought for it, as has Cologne city centre. Kirsten Sayer, however, sees the Kaiserstuhl clearly in the lead: "Sometimes the almond trees are already in bloom here in February," says the racing cyclist, who works in Vogtsburg and often does a lap from the office during her lunch break: to Oberbergen, then quickly over the Vogelsang Pass to Eichstetten, Bahlingen, Gottenheim, from there via Breisach and back to Vogtsburg. She manages this in two hours and raves about the fact that the roads are usually dry even in winter, when the weather in neighbouring regions is miserable. The Kaiserstuhl owes its mild climate to its location: the low mountain range is sheltered between the Vosges mountains and the Black Forest, where approaching rain clouds unload their cargo. In addition, warm Mediterranean winds often blow through the Rhone Valley and Burgundy Gate to the Kaiserstuhl and blow the wetness off the roads.
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- Tour 1: Towards the Rhine
(100 km, 700 m elevation gain, max. altitude 518 m, max. gradient 9 per cent, average gradient 4 per cent, hilly characteristics)
- Tour 2: Rebland
(91 km, 1,300 m elevation gain, max. altitude 448 m, max. gradient 15 per cent, average gradient 7 per cent, hilly)
